HolyCrapItsFast
Drinks beer!
Both these cars are retired now. The STi was sold years ago and the Kouki is done... Destroyed by some selfish asshole texting while driving. These things are being hunted to extinction and are getting rarer and rarer.
Every project highlighted in this journal has now been abandoned. On to new horizons.
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This was Bob. One of the best cars I have eve owned, this was my rolling experiment. I did everything my self including tuning. Over the past couple of years it has both given and taken. Recently it suffered a catastrophic failure of the engine for the sixth time and finances no longer allowed me to keep it. I am fortunate enough to know all I need to know about cars and have the ability and wherewithal to do all the work myself but this was pretty much the last straw. I am fully aware that some of the failures were brought on by myself as a result of tuning but it afforded me the opportunity to learn from my mistakes and not experiment with other peoples cars. Because of this car I can now consider myself an expert in many aspects of the STi
I took the knowledge I learned from working on my own vehicles and applied it to help others less incline to do this on their own. This is what it's all about to me... What I can give back to the Subaru community. If I can help one person learn from my experiences, then all the thousands of dollars I spent in mistakes on my own car has paid off ten fold IMO.
Now on to my next project. This is my 1997 240SX SE Kouki. It is a true USDM kouki and I was pleased to find out the they made only 3650 of them in the US. I found this one on AutoTrader from Texas. I fell instantly in love with it so I had to have it. So I hopped on a plane and drove it home. Since then I have done many suspension mods. I am currently working in the electronics and interior and by the summer I hope to start work on the engine. My plan with that is to do a monster build on the existing KA but I want to do it in phases. I will start with the AEM V2 EMS on the stock NA block to get myself familiar with that as a tuning platform. Then do a turbo and AWIC setup. I plan on starting with the stock bottom end and put a very mild tune on it. This will allow me to fine tune the ECU for drivability while a spare block is being built. This way when I install the built block, it will have a safe tune from the get go.
By no means is this car an STi but then again why compare apples to oranges. Each platform has its advantages. The thing I like about this car is the sexy looks, the glorious interior and the smooth ride. But above all is the handling. Right now it is set up for autocross and time attack suspension wise and I can say without reserve that it will annihilate the STi around corners. I don't think I will ever drift it though because these cars are capable of so much more. I have high hopes for this car.
My plans for the future are to get myself back into an STi but this time I will have them both. Time will tell.
Highlights...
Arduino project
Every project highlighted in this journal has now been abandoned. On to new horizons.
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This was Bob. One of the best cars I have eve owned, this was my rolling experiment. I did everything my self including tuning. Over the past couple of years it has both given and taken. Recently it suffered a catastrophic failure of the engine for the sixth time and finances no longer allowed me to keep it. I am fortunate enough to know all I need to know about cars and have the ability and wherewithal to do all the work myself but this was pretty much the last straw. I am fully aware that some of the failures were brought on by myself as a result of tuning but it afforded me the opportunity to learn from my mistakes and not experiment with other peoples cars. Because of this car I can now consider myself an expert in many aspects of the STi
I took the knowledge I learned from working on my own vehicles and applied it to help others less incline to do this on their own. This is what it's all about to me... What I can give back to the Subaru community. If I can help one person learn from my experiences, then all the thousands of dollars I spent in mistakes on my own car has paid off ten fold IMO.
Now on to my next project. This is my 1997 240SX SE Kouki. It is a true USDM kouki and I was pleased to find out the they made only 3650 of them in the US. I found this one on AutoTrader from Texas. I fell instantly in love with it so I had to have it. So I hopped on a plane and drove it home. Since then I have done many suspension mods. I am currently working in the electronics and interior and by the summer I hope to start work on the engine. My plan with that is to do a monster build on the existing KA but I want to do it in phases. I will start with the AEM V2 EMS on the stock NA block to get myself familiar with that as a tuning platform. Then do a turbo and AWIC setup. I plan on starting with the stock bottom end and put a very mild tune on it. This will allow me to fine tune the ECU for drivability while a spare block is being built. This way when I install the built block, it will have a safe tune from the get go.
By no means is this car an STi but then again why compare apples to oranges. Each platform has its advantages. The thing I like about this car is the sexy looks, the glorious interior and the smooth ride. But above all is the handling. Right now it is set up for autocross and time attack suspension wise and I can say without reserve that it will annihilate the STi around corners. I don't think I will ever drift it though because these cars are capable of so much more. I have high hopes for this car.
My plans for the future are to get myself back into an STi but this time I will have them both. Time will tell.
Highlights...
Arduino project
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